Ballymena United perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Glentoran can look both up and down from their 7th position.
- All of Ballymena United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Glentoran have yet to win a game away.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Premiership game only four days ago.
Ballymena United form and stats
2-0-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Premiership numbers at home for Ballymena United so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Ballymena after consecutive victories at their own ground.
It's back home for Ballymena, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Dungannon Swifts away with the result 5-1. J. Winchester, S. McCartan (2), P. McElroy and T. Hume found the net in that victory. Preceding that game was the away draw at Portadown that finished 0-0.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Ballymena United played a great game against Dungannon Swifts and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
Ballymena has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Ballymena defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 5 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Glentoran form and stats
The visitors are W0-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Premiership.
The Glentoran goalkeeper Dayle Coleing is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 186 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Glentoran's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Warrenpoint Town that finished 0-0. Before that, Glentoran secured a home win against Carrick Rangers with the score 6-0.
Glentoran are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 4 games (in the league). The Glentoran manager M. McDermott has some worries about the defense as 8 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Ballymena won three games, one match ended with a draw and Glentoran has six wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / fourBallymena United missing players
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| Ballymena United | Glentoran | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Scored | S | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 12 | 9 | 2 | Conceded | C | 5 | 8 | 10 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 78% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 67% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 40% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 25% | 33% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 50% | 40% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 33% |
| 30% | 20% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 44% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 7.3 | 8.4 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 7.5 | 9.6 |
| 3.8 | 3.6 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 3.2 | 4.9 |
| 45% | 39% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 75% | 31% | 36% |
- All of Ballymena United's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Ballymena United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Glentoran have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Glentoran have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Glentoran have yet to win a game away.
- Glentoran haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Larne | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 26 |
| 2 | Linfield | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 22 |
| 3 | Crusaders | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 21 |
| 4 | Ballymena United | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Cliftonville | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 6 | Warrenpoint Town | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 12 |
| 7 | Glentoran | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | Glenavon | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 10 |
| 9 | Coleraine | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 10 |
| 10 | Portadown | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 8 |
| 11 | Dungannon Swifts | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -15 | 8 |
| 12 | Carrick Rangers | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 16 | -15 | 4 |